President-elect Donald Trump responded swiftly to protests from his followers, many of whom were upset about reports that he may select Mike Rogers to be the director of the FBI.

Dan Scavino, who has been working as a social media director and advisor to Trump for a long time, cleared up the confusion on his X account on Friday morning.Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, ‘I have never even given it a thought.’ Not happening,” Scavino wrote.

Rogers, a former FBI agent, congressman, and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, ran unsuccessfully in the U.S. Senate race in Michigan in November. He was a speculated contender for the role after meeting with the Trump transition team at Mar-a-Lago.

Following the acquisition of additional information regarding Rogers and his history inside the intelligence agency, key figures within the MAGA movement began to voice their opposition to the idea.

In 2017, Rogers concluded that the Russians had intervened in the 2016 election, and he warned that this was a “clear and present danger to our democracy.” This led to the resurfacing of old social media statements from Rogers, which were made public after he was reported to be a candidate for the position of FBI director.

Additionally, Rogers was a co-founder of The Alliance for Securing Democracy, which has been referred to by detractors as a “deep state Never Trump” organization. This organization was formed by former national security advisors from the establishment who were responsible for the creation of the Hamilton 68 project.